… Grassy-leaved goldenrod is an attractive native perennial with a shrubby habit, growing to about three feet tall. The … are narrow, untoothed and a fresh bright shade of green. It is one of the first goldenrods to bloom, starting the first week of August. It grows in sunny fields throughout North America, …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Enchantment Moroccan toadflax ( Linaria maroccana 'Enchantment') is one of many charming cultivars of toadflax. The miniature snapdragon flowers of the toadflaxes … and other early spring annuals. If summer temperatures are not too hot, they can flower up to the first frost. There are 100 species of perennials and annuals in the genus Linaria native to the northern temperate zones, with a center of diversity in Europe and the Mediterranean …
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… Mayapple, also called "umbrella plant" (along with a dozen other unrelated plants), is a cute woodland plant native to east and central North America. Each 15-inch plant produces a pair of deeply-notched round … but not palatible either. Green fruit can cause an upset stomach. Mayapples spread by rhizomes to form colonies of a uniform height. They are easy to grow in a shady area. In early fall the …
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… One of the world’s most popular and spectacular palms, wild date palm is often used on golf courses, city boulevards, and on the grounds of luxury homes. It has a … the female plant produces small white flowers followed by edible oval fruits that ripen to purple black. A fast-growing plant, it will reach 50–60 feet tall by 10–15 feet wide and tolerate temperatures to 15 degrees Fahrenheit. Hardy to Zones 9–11. …
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… Multiple, up to 6" across, pinkish red lady slipper orchid flowers on tall flowering stalks rise above green … moist potting medium and strong sunlight for no more than 4-6 hours per day. This plant is a hybrid because it is illegal to possess the straight species outside of Peru. Hybrids like this one are being produced to …
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… Monte Cassino aster ( Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pringlei 'Monte Cassino') grows to 3 feet in height and is covered in white daisy-like flowers on mounded plants with wispy leaves in late fall. A native … Monte Cassino — like all other species formerly included in the genus Aster — has been moved to other genera, based upon the results of DNA analysis. Plant Monte Cassino in full sun and in …
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… 2 – 3 p.m. Dan Bussey, orchard manager of Seed Savers Exchange Alsdorf Auditorium The lecture is free, but seating is limited (regular Garden parking fees apply). Get Tickets Now Lewis … In 1990, the Historic Orchard was established at Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa, to preserve hundreds of pre-1900 apple varieties. Orchard manager Dan Bussey is an apple … historian and orchard keeper. Follow Dan’s childhood experiences in cider-making that led to a lifelong curiosity with historic apple varieties. Trace the movement of apples out of …
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… and on stream banks in red, sandy loams or gravelly clays, which provide good drainage. Hardy to 20 degrees Fahrenheit, it is an erect, spreading, multi-stemmed shrub or small tree that reaches 10 to 12 feet in height. Its dark gray bark is smooth and sometimes mottled with brown, with …
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… Elegantissma cornelian cherry dogwood is a cultivar selected for its yellow or sometimes pinkish margined foliage. It is reported to be smaller and somewhat less vigorous than other forms. In other respects the Elegantissima … -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range of forms from small trees to suckering shrubs. The dominant display, however, varies among the species. Dogwoods are native …
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… Eremurus stenophyllus , or Bunge desert candle, sends up a spike to 3.5 feet tall with hundreds of yellow flowers from a rosette of foliage that resembles yucca … early summer. After flowering, the plants go dormant fairly rapidly, leaving the tall spike to mature the seed capsules. The seeds disperse in fall and sound like a rattle when hit by the wind. The eye of the bulb is surrounded by an octopus-like array of roots and should be planted just below the soil …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
